Integration of knowledge (IOK) and textbook writing for Islamic universities

Abstract

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that deals with aspects of knowledge such as its nature, origin, sources, scope, methods, and limits. Each society and civilization has its own epistemology that underlies and defines its education system.

Islamic epistemology reflects the Islamic world-view and is characterized by being based on tawhidi universalism, two complementary and inter-dependent sources that are ilm al wahy (knowledge from revelation) and ‘ilm al kaun (empirical knowledge), comprehensiveness, and acceptance that human knowledge has limits.